SPUTUM is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. SPUTUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SPUTUM?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SPUTUM is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPUTUM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sputumsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SPUTUM scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SPUTUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,070 thousand.
What does SPUTUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
Thick matter coughed up from the lungs and throat, made of mucus and sometimes saliva.
Doctors take a sample of sputum when they suspect an infection such as pneumonia or tuberculosis, because its colour, thickness and contents give clues about what is wrong in the chest. Sputum differs from ordinary saliva, which comes from the mouth alone, since it is brought up from deeper in the airways. The word is Latin and means that which has been spat out.
How SPUTUM is used
Medical and clinical term; ordinary speech says phlegm.
- The nurse asked him to cough up a sputum sample.
- Green sputum can signal a chest infection.
- The laboratory examined the sputum under a microscope.
- Blood in the sputum needs a doctor's attention.
- A morning cough producing clear sputum is common in smokers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPUTUM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SPUTUM
1 longer words begin with SPUTUM.
Shorter words from the letters in SPUTUM
Common questions about SPUTUM
- Is SPUTUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPUTUM, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPUTUM worth?
- SPUTUM is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPUTUM mean?
- Thick matter coughed up from the lungs and throat, made of mucus and sometimes saliva.
- What letters can be added to SPUTUM?
- SPUTUM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SPUTUM:
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